L’Anse aux Meadows,Newfoundland

 

L’Anse aux Meadows,Newfoundland

 

Canada’s inaugural UNESCO site, the Viking settlement at the tip of Newfoundland’s Great Northern Peninsula, was the first real evidence that these European adventurers had reached the new world over 1,000 years ago – long before Columbus. The excavated remains of wood-framed, peat-turf buildings are similar to those found in Norse Greenland and Iceland, and are the only authenticated site in North America. You will be able to see how the Vikings lived and enjoy tales of their adventures long ago.

Source: 

https://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/trip-ideas/travel-stories/five-unesco-sites

Landscape of Grand Pré

 

A wonderful card  of Landscape of Grand Pre from Jan_Champ

The Landscape of Grand Pré became Canada’s 16th World Heritage Site, inscribed by UNESCO, in 2012. The 13 square-kilometre (5 mi²) site is located on the Bay of Fundy’s Minas Basin in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley.

 

LUNENBURG NOVA SCOTIA

 Thanks to Janis for the nice card  sent SEPT 17 ,2022.

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Jasper National Park,Lake and Spirit Island

 

Thanks to Sandeep for the UNESCO WHS card.

    Jasper National Park, national park in western Alberta, Canada, located on the eastern flank of the Rocky Mountains, north of Banff National Park. Jasper spans 4,200 square miles (10,878 square km) and contains significant active geologic processes, scenic mountains, and diverse animal and plant populations.
 

What is Spirit Island Jasper?

    Spirit Island sits in the heart of what's called a "box canyon"—a narrow canyon with a flat bottom and vertical walls. Whether the Spirits: The island is a spiritual place for the Stoney Nakoda First Nation, who believe mountains are physical representations of their ancestors.

Stamps:From right to left

 

 

• Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus)

Country:
    Canada
Series:
    Snow Mammals (2021)
Themes:
    Animals (Fauna) | Mammals | Rabbits | Rodents
Issued on:
    2021-02-16

• Rabbit International Rate Design from 2011

Country:
    Canada
Series:
    Year of the Ox 2021 : The Chinese Zodiac Cycle
Themes:
    Animals (Fauna) | Chinese New Year | Chinese Zodiac | Mammals | Rabbits | Stylized Animals | Zodiac
Issued on:
    2021-01-15

• Malus "Maybride"

Country:
    Canada
Series:
    Crabapple Blossoms (2021)
Themes:
    Flowers | Plants (Flora)
Issued on:
    2021-03-01

New Brunswick

 

Received 14 July ,2021 Thanks to DebbieL From Postcrossing

    New Brunswick is one of three provinces that together are called the "Maritimes". Connected to Nova Scotia by the narrow Isthmus of Chignecto and separated from Prince Edward Island by the Northumberland Strait, New Brunswick is a land bridge between this region and continental North America.

Stamp:

• Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

Country:
    Canada
Series:
    From Far and Wide (Series III 2020)
Themes:
    Landscapes
Issued on:
    2020-01-13

AURORA BOREALIS,CANADA

 

Thank you For wishing me birthday my friend ROB .

    Northern CANADA is one of the world's best places to view the light display also known as "northern lights". We owe the spectacular phenomenon to the collision of charged particles directed by the earth's magnetic field, green hues are most common and are produced when oxygen atoms are involved.

 

 

Stamps from left to right:

• Sir Winston Churchill 

Country:

    Canada.
Themes:
    Authors | Commemoration | Famous People | Literary People (Poets and Writers) | Literature | Nobel Laureates | Omnibus Issues | Politicians
Issued on:
    1965-08-12 

• McAdam Railway Station, New Brunswick

 Country:
    Canada
Series:
    High Value Definitives 1988-93: Architecture
Themes:
    Architecture | Buildings | Stations
Issued on:
    1989-05-05

 

NOVA SCOTIA WILDLIFE

Thanks to Jack-Liu  for the card.sent on 03 April 2013 .

    Nova Scotia, is  second smallest province (after Prince Edward Island), is located on the southeast coast of the country. The province includes Cape Breton, a large island located northeast of the mainland. 

Wildlife & Birds of Nova Scotia 

• RED FOX (Vulpes vulpes) .

• Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus. 

• Whale. 

• The Atlantic puffin  (Fratercula arctica). 

• Royal Lobster .

• Wapiti. 

• Red Deer.

 

Stamps from left to right

 

Canada

     

 Thanks to LYNDAC for the postcard , sent 31 july 2013.

    Canada is a North American country located between the United States to the south and the Arctic Circle to the north. The main cities are Toronto, Vancouver, the center of West Coast cinema, Montreal and Quebec City, both French-speaking, and Ottawa, the capital. Canada's vast wilderness includes Banff National Park with its many lakes in the Rocky Mountains. It is also home to the famous and majestic Niagara Falls. 

    Aboriginal peoples and communities

        Canada's aboriginal people are the original occupants of the land that is now Canada and their             descendants. Recent archaeological digs have revealed remains dating back 30,000 years. Some of         these peoples would have reached the continent by crossing the Bering Strait from Eastern Siberia in      Asia to Alaska. 

 

Stamp:

• American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)

Country:
    Canada
Series:
    Definitives 2011-2014. Young Wildlife.
Themes:
    Animals (Fauna) | Bears | Infant Animals | Mammals
Issued on:
    2013-01-14

QUEBEC

     Thanks to ISABELLE for the wonderful card from QUEBEC.

    Quebec is a predominantly French-speaking province in eastern Canada.

    The card shows The Château Frontenac  one of  a historic luxury hotel located in Quebec City. It is located in the Old Quebec district overlooking the St. Lawrence River from the Dufferin Terrace. Inaugurated in 1893, it was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1981. The hotel is in the Chateau style, inspired in particular by the French Renaissance (in 1457) and the castles of the Loire. 

The Fairmont Le Château Frontenac is said to be the most photographed hotel in the world.

Stamps: From left to right

• Queen Elizabeth II

Country:
    Canada
Series:
    Queen Elizabeth II - Definitives 2003-2019
Themes:
    Famous People | Heads of State | Queens | Royalty | Women
Issued on:
    2016-01-11 

• The Power Of Storytelling

Country:
    Canada

Series:
    Canada Post Community Foundation (2015)
Themes:
    Books | Charity
Issued on:
    2015-09-28

• Sun dog over Igaluit 

Country:
    Canada
Series:
    Weather Wonders (2015)
Themes:
    Weather
Issued on:
    2015-06-18   

 

    A sundog is what happens when sunlight hits ice crystals in the Earth’s atmosphere, and scatters the light.

    It creates the illusion of two different, smaller suns beside the sun — with rings around them. It’s a rare meteorological phenomenon, especially when the ring is full.

Source (https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/65674iqaluit_sundog_to_grace_canada_post_weather_stamp/)

CANADIAN ROCKIES

 Thanks To Rob for the wonderful card .

The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks include Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho National Parks, and Mount Robson, Mount Assiniboine and Hamber Provincial Parks. Together they illustrate the unique physical characteristics of the "Rocky Mountain". Animal that populates the Canadian Rockies are wolves

 

 

 Stamps:

 From left to right

S.J Mason staked the first claim ,Prospectors heading for the gold fields, Superintendant Sam Steele    North West Mounted Police,Dawson, Extracting Gold

Country;Canada

Series:Centenary Of Yukon  Gold Rush ,1896-1996   

Issued on:1996-06-13

NIAGARA FALLS

 

This card sent on  4,March 2013 by Maria . Thank you so much .

    Niagara Falls was formed starting more than 12,000 years ago at the end of the Ice Age when large torrents of water were released from the melting ice, draining into the Niagara River. The water plunged over the edge of the Niagara Escarpment – to what is now known as Lewiston, NY. Eventually, the force of the water wore away the rock layers and Niagara Falls moved upstream, reaching its present location. Year after year, the formation continues with the annual freezing and thawing of the Niagara River, along with gradual erosion and periodic rock-falls. Remedial work has been completed to preserve the Falls and the volume of water has been reduced by diversion for hydroelectric power..

source :(https://www.niagarafallsusa.com/planning-tools/about-niagara-falls/history/)

 

Stamp:

• Raoul Wallenberg with Schutz-Pass
   
  
  
  

 

 

 

Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada

 

I received this from a friend in CANADA, thank you so much ISABELLE for the wonderful view sent 13 DEC 2013

Vancouver is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It is also often praised for its living environment that combines modern urban elements with breathtaking natural spaces. The city is the gateway to Canada's great outdoors, which stretches from the Pacific coast to the Pacific Ranges.

Canada Place is located on the waterfront, flanked by cruise ship terminals on either side. The building houses an international business center and convention center that regularly features interesting art and cultural exhibits.

  Stamp:

• Canada Stamp  - Black Bear (2013)